Re: bash: a pipe bodge, is there a better way ?

[David selby <debian@pusspaws.net>]

David selby wrote:

> I have a pipe of commands ....
>
> echo $scanhtml | csplit -f index -q - /lock/ {*}
>
> I want the output to go to $tempdir/websync/ ... Is there a more 
> elegant way than my present solution of ..
>
> cd $tempdir/websync
> echo $scanhtml | csplit -f index -q - /lock/ {*}
>
> This seems a bit of a bodge and I am sure there is a better way..
>
> Dave
>
> PS I used echo $scanhtml | because to use this directly in csplit 
> seletes the file if a split is done !
Please excuse my extreme stupidity ... double quoted it !!
Dave